Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Among Populations at Risk of HIV
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According to the World Health Organization, intimate partner violence (“IPV”) is “behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours” (1). IPV can frequently occur over a span of years and has been described as an emerging public health priority (2). Victims are often without any social supports and the violence can have both immediate and long-term consequences (2).
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